In the summer of 2004, Terry Lynn Kimball, a 60-year-old Caucasian male, made the move to Colorado to live with his nephew, Scott Lee Kimball. Not long after his arrival, Terry, who was originally from the Broomfield area, seemed to vanish without a trace. For years, his whereabouts remained a mystery, a silence that was eventually broken by a fabricated story from his own nephew.
Scott Kimball claimed that his uncle Terry had won the lottery and absconded to Mexico with a stripper, a tale designed to mislead investigators and conceal a much darker truth.
The facade began to crumble when an investigation into a check fraud scheme in 2006 pointed authorities toward Scott Kimball as a person of interest in the disappearances of several young women. As investigators delved deeper into Scott's activities, they also began to question the story of Terry's sudden good fortune and departure. The truth was that Terry had recently come into a significant amount of money from a divorce, a fact that had not escaped his nephew's notice. It’s believed that this money served as the motive for his murder.
In 2009, the grim reality of Terry Kimball's fate was uncovered. As part of a plea deal, Scott Kimball, who was already a suspect in multiple murders, led authorities to his uncle's mummified remains. Terry's body had been wrapped in a gray tarp and left in a remote, wooded area near Vail Pass. An apparent gunshot wound to the head was the cause of death. A bullet fragment found at the scene was consistent with a handgun owned by Scott.
Scott Lee Kimball, a former FBI informant, ultimately pleaded guilty to the second-degree murders of his uncle, Terry Lynn Kimball, and three other individuals: LeAnn Emry, Jennifer Marcum, and Kaysi McLeod. In October 2009, he was sentenced to 70 years in prison for these crimes. The man who had once worked with law enforcement was exposed as a manipulative and cold-blooded serial killer, responsible for the death of his own family member.
